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There is a spiritual battle raging in the heavenlies, and for some reason the vast majority of the people of God are unaware of it. The Bible says there is a spiritual conflict (cf. Eph. 6:12), and we just think there’s 4 Sundays in a month. That’s our view of Christianity; 4 Sundays, 4 hours…
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The English word ‘worship’ comes from an Anglos-Saxon word that seems to mean ‘worthy ship’ or someone who is due honor and respect. I think in the church of England today you still call an ecclesiastical person or a civil person, “your worship’, which didn’t mean he was divine, it just meant he was worthy…
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I think there are 3 things that make the vast majority of believers doubt in themselves that they’re saved. Number one is – UNCONFESSED PERSONAL SIN – if you have an area of your life that you’re unwilling to turn over to God. If you have a pet sin, or a terrible sin that you…
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(cf. Luke 19:1-10) Zaccheus was really a strange name for a guy who’s a chief tax collector because in Hebrew his name meant ‘the righteous one’. He was the head of the tax collecting district of Jericho, and the religious authorities ostracized him. He made his money on the problems of other people; made them…
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“But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;” (1 Peter 2:9-3:9) What grabs me as I study the New Testament is this recurrent theme of…
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The Christian church is so different; different in our backgrounds, different in our emphases, and so different in our spiritual gifts. Some planted, others watered, but God gave the increase (cf. 1 Cor. 3:6). Neither the planter nor the waterer counts for much, but God is everything in keeping the plants growing. The planter and…
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(cf. Deut. 8:11-20) When life is good and the Lord your God has given you homes to live in, many healthy children, and a prosperous job, don’t you ever be thinking in your mind, “Look what the strength of my hands have done, look how creative I am, look what I’ve produced, boy, I am…
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The issue of the (married) women in the church of Corinth being told to “keep silent” during their worship service is one of a cultural issue and should not be taken as a universal principle. Paul is addressing a problem of a group of women, because of their too much excitement in their new freedom…
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(cf. Exodus 16) Did you know that ‘complaining’ is not simply a bad attitude? It’s really a grievous sin against the Person of God and His trustworthiness. Complaining may go by different names, such as murmuring, griping, whining, grumbling, beefing, belly-aching, & moaning. We all know what complaining means; we all complain one time or…
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Apollos is a very interesting character in the New testament. We don’t have much about him, but we know him in his relationship to Priscilla and Aquila and the Apostle Paul. He was a very a interesting man, and it is in Acts 18:24 where we are first introduced to him. It seems that the…